by Cees (PA1CA) | Jun 29, 2014 | HAM Blog
Today I was again in a HAM Radio contest; the Concurso S.M. El Rey de España SSB (the King of Spain contest). I haven’t done many contests this year so I decided that it was time again for this! It gave me an opportunity to test all my antennas again and...
by Cees (PA1CA) | May 30, 2014 | HAM Blog, Rules, Technology
One thing I enjoy from having the full license is that I can use all Radio Amateur bands available. I enjoy the fact that every band has its own peculiarities, almost like a living creature! For instance the 80m band is a night creature. It comes alive in the evening...
by Cees (PA1CA) | May 20, 2014 | app store, Technology
I decided to do a very necessary upgrade of one of my Radio Amateur apps in the Apple app store. The name of the app is “Mircules DX Cluster“, Mircules being the name of my own company. Mircules DX Cluster is an iPhone / iPad app that shows the info found on the...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 23, 2014 | HAM Blog, Popular, portable operations, Technology
Lately I’m trying to improve my portable HAM Radio setup because I want to do some activations for Castles On The Air (COTA) and WorldWide Flora & Fauna (WFF). The idea for the activations is that you take all the HAM radio gear you need to make your contacts and...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 18, 2014 | HAM Blog, operating practice, Rules
Just wondering…. Today I saw the QRZ page of a Dutch Novice radio amateur. He had a Youtube movie on his page in which he made a QSO with an American operator in which he told the American OM that he was using 1 Kilowatt of power. I wonder if the American OM...
